1 Samuel 2

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1 Entonces Ana dijo esta oración: «Mi corazón exulta en Yahveh, mi cuerno se levanta en Dios, mi boca se dilata contra mis enemigos, porque me he gozado en tu socorro.	1 “My heart exults in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies. For I have rejoiced in your salvation.
2 No hay Santo como Yahveh, (porque nadie fuera de ti), ni roca como nuestro Dios.	2 Nothing is holy as the Lord is holy. For there is no other beside you. And nothing is strong as our God is strong.
3 No multipliquéis palabras altaneras. No salga de vuestra boca la arrogancia. Dios de sabiduría es Yahveh, suyo es juzgar las acciones.	3 Do not continue speaking of great things, boasting. Let what is old depart from your mouth. For the Lord is the God of knowledge, and thoughts are prepared for him.
4 El arco de los fuertes se ha quebrado, los que tambalean se ciñen de fuerza.	4 The bow of the powerful has been overwhelmed, and the weak have been girded with strength.
5 Los hartos se contratan por pan, los hambrientos dejan su trabajo. La estéril da a luz siete veces, la de muchos hijos se marchita.	5 Those who before were filled, have hired themselves out for bread. And the starving have been filled, so that the barren have given birth to many. But she who had borne many sons has become unable.
6 Yahveh da muerte y vida, hace bajar al seol y retornar.	6 The Lord brings death, and he gives life. He leads away to death, and he brings back again.
7 Yahveh enriquece y despoja, abate y ensalza.	7 The Lord impoverishes, and he enriches. He humbles, and he lifts up.
8 Levanta del polvo al humilde, alza del muladar al indigente para hacerle sentar junto a los nobles, y darle en heredad trono de gloria, pues de Yahveh los pilares de la tierra y sobre ellos ha sentado el universo.	8 He raises up the indigent from the dust, and he lifts up the poor from filth, so that they may sit with princes, and take hold of a throne of glory. For the hinges of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the globe upon them.
9 Guarda los pasos de sus fieles, y los malos perecen en tinieblas, (pues que no por la fuerza triunfa el hombre).	9 He will preserve the feet of his holy ones, and the impious will be silenced in darkness. For no man will prevail by his own strength.
10 Yahveh, ¡quebrantados sus rivales! el Altísimo truena desde el cielo. Yahveh juzga los confines de la tierra, da pujanza a su Rey, exalta el cuerno de su Ungido».	10 The adversaries of the Lord will dread him. And over them, he will thunder in the heavens. The Lord will judge the parts of the earth, and he will give dominion to his king, and he will lift up the horn of his Christ.”
11 Partió Elcaná para Ramá, y el niño se quedó para servir a Yahveh a las órdenes del sacerdote Elí.	11 And Elkanah went away to Ramah, to his house. But the boy was a minister in the sight of the Lord, before the face of Eli, the priest.
12 Los hijos de Elí eran unos malvados que no conocían a Yahveh	12 But the sons of Eli were sons of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
13 ni las normas de los sacerdotes respecto del pueblo: cuando alguien ofrecía un sacrificio, venía el criado del sacerdote, mientras se estaba cociendo la carne, con el tenedor de tres dientes en la mano,	13 nor the priestly office for the people. And so, no matter who had immolated a victim, the servant of the priest would arrive, while the flesh was still cooking, and he would take a three-pronged hook in his hand,
14 lo hincaba en el caldero o la olla, en la cacerola o el puchero, y todo lo que sacaba el tenedor, el sacerdote se lo quebada; y así hacían con todos los israelitas que iban allí, a Silo.	14 and put it into the vessel, or into the cauldron, or into the cooking pot, or into the pan, and all that the hook lifted up, the priest took for himself. So they did to all of Israel who arrived at Shiloh.
15 Incluso antes de que quemasen la grasa, venía el criado del sacerdote y decía al que sacrificaba: «Dame carne para asársela al sacerdote, no te aceptará carne hervida, sino solamente carne cruda».	15 In addition, before they burned the fat, the servant of the priest would arrive, and he would say to the one who was immolating: “Give me the flesh, so that I may boil it for the priest. For I will not accept cooked meat from you, but raw.”
16 Y si el hombre le decías: «Primero se quema la grasa, y después tomarás cuanto se te antoje», le respondía: «No, me lo darás ahora o lo tomo por la fuerza».	16 And the one who was immolating would say to him, “First, allow the fat to be burned today, according to custom, and then take for yourself whatever your soul desires.” But in response, he would say to him: “By no means. For you will give it to me now, otherwise I will take it by force.”
17 El pecado de los jóvenes era muy grande ante Yahveh, porque trataban con desprecio la ofrenda hecha a Yahveh.	17 Therefore, the sin of the servants was exceedingly great before the Lord. For they drew men away from the sacrifice of the Lord.
18 Estaba Samuel al servicio de Yahveh, muchacho vestido con efod de lino.	18 But Samuel was ministering before the face of the Lord; he was a youth girded with a linen ephod.
19 Le hacía su madre un vestido pequeño que le llevaba de año en año, cuando subía con su marido para ofrecer el sacrificio anual.	19 And his mother fashioned a little tunic for him, which she brought to him on the appointed days, ascending with her husband, so that he might immolate the solemn sacrifice.
20 Bendecía luego Elí a Elcaná y a su mujer diciendo: «Que Yahveh te conceda descendencia de esta mujer, a cambio del préstamo que ella ha cedido a Yahveh». Y ellos se volvían a su lugar.	20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife. And he said to him, “May the Lord repay to you offspring from this woman, on behalf of the loan that you offered to the Lord.” And they went away to their own place.
21 En efecto, Yahveh visitó a Ana, que concibió y dio a luz tres hijos y dos hijas; el niño Samuel crecía ante Yahveh.	21 Then the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the youth Samuel was magnified with the Lord.
22 Elí era muy anciano; oyó todo cuanto sus hijos hacían a todo Israel,	22 Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons were doing to all of Israel, and how they were sleeping with the women who were waiting at the door of the tabernacle.
23 y les dijo: «¿Por qué os portáis de ese modo que yo mismo he oído comentar a todo el pueblo?	23 And he said to them: “Why are you doing these kinds of things, very wicked things, that I have heard from all the people?
24 No, hijos míos, los rumores que oigo no son buenos...	24 My sons, do not be willing. For it is no good report that I am hearing, so that you would cause the people of the Lord to transgress.
25 Si un hombre peca contra otro hombre, Dios será el árbitro; pero si el hombre peca contra Yahveh ¿quién intercederá por él?» Pero ellos no escucharon la voz de su padre, porque Yahveh deseaba hacerles morir.	25 If a man has sinned against a man, God may be able to be appeased over him. But if a man has sinned against the Lord, who will pray for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, that the Lord was willing to kill them.
26 Cuanto al niño Samuel, iba creciendo y haciéndose grato tanto a Yahveh como a los hombres.	26 But the youth Samuel advanced, and grew up, and he was pleasing to the Lord, as well as to men.
27 Vino un hombre de Dios a Elí y le dijo: Así ha dicho Yahveh. Claramente me he revelado a la casa de tu padre, cuando ellos estaban en Egipto al servicio de la casa de Faraón.	27 Then a man of God went to Eli, and he said to him: “Thus says the Lord: Was I not revealed openly to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
28 Y le elegí entre todas las tribus de Israel para ser mi sacerdote, para subir a mi altar, incensar la ofrenda y llevar el efod en mi presencia, y he concedido a la casa de tu padre parte en todos los sacrificios por el fuego de los hijos de Israel.	28 And I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel for myself as priest, so that he might ascend to my altar, and burn incense to me, and wear the ephod before me. And I gave to the house of your father all the sacrifices of the sons of Israel.
29 ¿Por qué pisoteáis el sacrificio y la oblación que yo he ordenado y pesan tus hijos más que yo, cebándoos con lo mejor de todas las oblaciones de mi pueblo Israel?	29 Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
30 Por eso - palabra de Yahveh, Dios de Israel - yo había dicho que tu casa y la casa de tu padre andarían siempre en mi presencia, pero ahora - palabra de Yahveh - me guardaré bien de ello. Porque a los que me honran, yo les honro, pero los que me desprecian son viles.	30 Because of this, the Lord God of Israel says: I have spoken clearly, so that your house, and the house of your father, may minister in my sight, even forever. But now the Lord says: May this be far from me. Instead, whoever will have glorified me, I will glorify him. But whoever despises me, they will be despised.
31 He aquí que vienen días en que amputarán tu brazo y el brazo de la casa de tu padre, de suerte que en tu casa los hombres no lleguen a madurar.	31 Behold the days are arriving, when I will cut off your arm, and the arm of the house of your father, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
32 Tú mirarás al lado de la Morada todo el bien que yo haga a Israel y nunca habrá hombres maduros en tu casa.	32 And you will see your rival in the temple, amid all the prosperity of Israel. And there will not be an old man in your house for all days.
33 Conservaré a alguno de los tuyos cabe mi altar para que sus ojos se consuman y su alma se marchite, pero la mayor parte de los tuyos perecerá por la espada de los hombres.	33 Yet truly, I will not entirely take away a man of you from my altar, but such that your eyes may fail, and your soul may melt away, and a great part of your house may die out, as it pertains to the state of men.
34 Será para ti señal lo que va a suceder a tus dos hijos Jofní y Pinjás: en el mismo día morirán los dos.	34 But this will be a sign to you, which will happen to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on one day they both will die.
35 Yo me suscitaré un sacerdote fiel, que obre según mi corazón y mis deseos, le edificaré una casa permanente y caminará siempre en presencia de mi ungido.	35 And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will act in accord with my heart and my soul. And I will build a faithful house for him. And he will walk before my Christ for all days.
36 El que quedare de tu casa vendrá a postrarse ante él para conseguir algún dinero o una torta de pan y dirá: “Destíname, por favor, a una función sacerdotal cualquiera, para que tenga un bocado de pan que comer.”»	36 Then this will be in the future, that whoever will have remained of your house, he will approach so that he may pray on his behalf. And he will offer a coin of silver, and a twist of bread. And he will say: ‘Permit me, I beg you, one part of the priestly office, so that I may eat a mouthful of bread.’ ”